If you shop from a desktop browser, you have probably seen a product photo and wondered whether the same thing is listed elsewhere for less. The frustrating part is that Amazon, Temu, and AliExpress already support image search, but the entry points are often easiest to find in their mobile apps. The desktop pages do not always make that feature obvious.
I built SameSame to make those existing store features easier to reach from the page you are already viewing.
The workflow
That matters for two reasons. First, results can include the store's own listings, availability, and pricing rather than a generic collection of visually related pages. Second, the search can work with the shopping sites' own understanding of their inventory. A photo that looks similar to a human is not always described with the same keywords, so a visual query can find useful alternatives when text search gets stuck.
A few practical tips
Use a clear image with the product visible and not too much surrounding page chrome. On a busy listing, right-click the actual product photo instead of a thumbnail, logo, or banner. If the first result set is noisy, try another angle or a crop that includes the distinctive part of the item.
The sidebar keeps the original page open, so you can compare results without losing your starting point. I find this especially handy when checking
If you want to try it, the project site is samesame.fgiust.com. The Chrome extension is available at Chrome Web Store, and there is also a Firefox add-on.
The goal is simple: make the image-search feature that is already inside these stores practical from a desktop browser. whether a product is a generic item sold under different names, or when comparing a marketplace listing with alternatives on another marketplace.
SameSame is intentionally small: it adds the right-click action and presents the store results together. It is not a price-history service, an affiliate redirect, or a third-party reverse-image API. You still decide which listing, seller, shipping option, and return policy make sense.
- Open a product page, search result, or any page containing the item you want to investigate.
- Right-click the product image.
- Choose Find similar from the context menu.
- SameSame opens a sidebar with visual-search results from Amazon, Temu, and AliExpress.
The useful detail is that the search is sent to the stores themselves. SameSame does not upload your image to a third-party reverse-image-search service and does not try to build a separate catalogue. It acts as a small bridge between the image in your browser and the native image-search APIs those shopping sites already provide.
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